A mime artist covered in newspapers looks for handouts at a book fair in Madrid.

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A mime artist covered in newspapers looks for handouts at a book fair in Madrid.

Photo: Paul White, Associated Press

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Thai fighter:

A young enlistee joins Thai soldiers keeping order near the Victory Monument in Bangkok. An anti-coup activist called for a weekend rally to defy the new junta's ban on demonstrations, urging those opposed to the takeover to wear masks.

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I'm feeling some pressure to entertain:

Schoolchildren wait for two 30-day-old cheetah cubs to do something at the private Attica Zoological Park in Spata, Greece. The cubs, a male and a female weighing about 3 pounds each, have not yet been named.

Glaziers replace a layer of protective coating over the glass surface on
the floor of one of four transparent ledges that jut out from the 103rd floor of the Willis Tower in
Chicago. The see-through glass bays were designed with a protective
coating that completely covers all glass surfaces to protect against scratches. One of the coatings
cracked Wednesday evening when a family was standing on it, but officials said they were in no danger as the coating does not affect the structural integrity of the enclosure.

Nine-year-old Audrey Bruben, about 65 pounds, and Genny the hippopotamus, about 4,000 pounds, pose
for a photo at Adventure Aquarium in Camden, N.J. The hippopotamus exhibit "Hippo Haven" opened Thursday at the aquarium.

of Indonesia's mud volcano disaster stand over a mud-covered plain in Java's Sidoarjo district in this installation by artist Dada Christanto. The
eruption on May 29, 2006, in the middle of a rice field eventually displaced some 50,000 people. The blowout of a natural gas well drilled by PT Lapindo Brantas has been blamed for the disaster.

Kashmiri Muslims hold out their veils basket-style as if expecting a custodian (off-camera)
to drop the holy relic he's displaying - a hair believed to be from the Prophet Muhammad's
beard - during Miraj-Ul-Alam (Ascension to Heaven) celebrations at Kashmir's main Hazratbal Shrine
in Srinagar, India. Thousands of Muslims converge at the shrine annually for the holiday.

Rotarians and other Aussies climb Sydney Harbor Bridge in an attempt to break the world record
for the most people on the bridge at one time. The new record of 340 beat the mark of 316
by an Oprah Winfrey-led effort in 2008.